Data on this page will be upated weekly (daily when feasible) between September 1 and October 31. The Cape May Point Road Census is
conducted three times daily from September 1st through October 31st.
Counts are made by a single observer driving a car approximately 20
miles per hour along a 5 mile route. All monarchs observed are tallied but
no stops are allowed to count specific concentrations. The route passes
through a variety of habitats including southern hardwood forest,
agricultural field, brackish wetland meadow, suburban neighborhoods, and
coastal dunes along the Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay. See "Census" tab
on main page for map. See also, research publications listed at bottom of page.

2014 - Daily Road Census Counts

October

Minutes

#Monarchs

Monarchs/Hour

30th

34

11

19.4

Table #1 Each yearly column shows the average number of monarchs
seen per hour for each of the nine* census weeks. The final cell in the
yearly column is the average number of monarchs seen per hour for that
year over the entire season.

*week
9 is a partial week; in 2012 census route roads were closed on Oct
29 & 30 due to storm Sandy

We invite you to join CMBO and support the
educational and research efforts of the Monarch Monitoring Project. 2014
should be an exciting season! Specific information about our talks and
walks as well as Monarch tagging demonstrations is available on the CMBO "Activities
Calendar" (see link above) and from: